This past week, we seem to have had an EXPLOSION of words for the formerly mostly silent kid!
When he sees Santa Claus (on the wrapping paper, on a Christmas ornament, on television or the Santa figurine on the banister) he announces HoHoHo.
His favorite new word is "UP!" He says it loud & proud! He says it often in the kitchen when he wants to be held so he can see higher. He says it when he wants to get into his booster seat or high chair. He says it when he wants to get out of his booster seat. He says it when he wants to escape from the shopping cart at the grocery store. He says it when he wants up on the couch (even though he is skilled enough to climb UP himself.)
In the grocery store, mostly at the check-out after he had already signed ALL-DONE, he kept saying it: up (pause) Up (pause) UP (pause) UP-UP-UP! (He thought that somehow, by repeating it often (and louder each time), that I would release him from the seatbelt and let him roam free. (Many onlookers smiled and laughed.)
Suddenly, he is saying MA-MA and DA-DA. (Sometimes, he seems to invert his words: calling me AHM-MA and Mike AHD-DAH; although, Mike and Grandpa Lowell thought he might just be saying HI MA and HI DA.)
When eating a snowball, Sydney proudly said YUM, YUM, YUM.
In his Little Monsters book, there is a page where the monster has outstretched arms and the words read I DID IT; Sydney now acts out the picture and announces I DID IT.
The end of another Little Monster story is "Good Night" but I always read "Ni-Night" instead; Sydney now says NI-NIGHT (as well as signing it in baby sign language).
He tries to say OWL. He likes to look at the plastic owl yard decor (for deterring mice in your yard) whenever we visit daddy at work. There are owls in some of his books, too. One of the YahooNews stories the other night featured an article about bad toys - showing a critter that slightly resembled an owl; Sydney saw it on the computer screen, pointed and announced OWL.
Sydney says OW! He is now notorious for forcing his leg through the rungs of the crib and getting his knee stuck. He stands, cornered, yelling OW! (Sometimes, he says it when he runs into something or bumps his head, too.)
When his crayons fall on the floor, he now announces UH. (That is his version of Uh-Oh, but the Oh-part is silent.)
In his ANIMAL SOUNDS book, he likes to open to the page with the snake; now, he proudly hisses the "Ssssssss" of the snake.
If Sydney is holding a bowl or standing in the kitchen and makes the "Ssssss" sound, that is his way of saying "raisinSSSSsssss"
At Walgreens, when we picked up our photo Christmas card, he started laughing hysterically and announced "Gggg, Gggg!" Stumped, I said "What's THAT word?" He grabbed my chin and redirected my focus to some stuffed animals that were FROGS! "Frog?" I questioned. Sydney smiled proudly and nodded YES. (Funny how he is picking up certain SOUNDS of different words; I guess everyone has to start somewhere.)
We've also been hearing him say ELMO, which sometimes sounds like AhH-Mo, but other times, he nails it perfectly.
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On a separate note, Grandpa Lowell and Sydney have been PRETEND FISHING for MONTHS and MONTHS! With Sydney on his lap, Grandpa casts an invisible rod, makes a PLOP sound when the invisible lure hits the water, reels it in and jerks the pole to announce "GOT IT!" (Sydney thinks it is great fun! He LOVES "fishing" with Grandpa.)
Last night, at Olive Garden, Grandpa announced that he and Sydney were going to go fishing. They both cast out their invisible rods and reeled them in. (This was a new thing for Sydney! Mommy and Daddy were VERY IMPRESSED!!!)
It was SO stinking cute to watch him reel in his invisible fishing pole! (Grandpa thinks that Sydney might be ready for "the real thing" this summer at a nearby pond.)
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